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Monthly Archives: November 2011

dream.20111115: dubious genius

by Rob Friesel

You’re skeptical of him. You always have been. He comes on the scene, and some claim he has the credentials to back it all up–but what have you ever seen him do? Nothing. And your–well, it’s not quite contempt, but close enough to it, and it’s obvious to all. Fortunately, your encounters with him are […]

Linkdump for November 13th

by Rob Friesel

Steampunk Gilgamesh: The Annotated Version (tagged: Gilgamesh history alternate versions steampunk ) A cultural thought experiment Charlie Stross on understanding the hyper-rich through the lens of tomorrow's history. (tagged: future wealth politics money society essay todo ) Improving Rhino CLI utility performance at NCZOnline: "That’s 3 seconds, down from 45 seconds before the change. Not […]

Linkdump for November 9th

by Rob Friesel

Officials: Fake weapons parts ‘ticking time bomb’ At the Associated Press. Fascinating story. (tagged: military politics counterfeit research ) Wired.com Goes Creative Commons: 50 Great Images That Are Now Yours Thanks, Wired. (tagged: creative commons wired ) To Find Alien Cities, Look for City Lights on Distant Planets at Popular Science (tagged: Science Astronomy ) […]

“you got it kind of backward”

by Rob Friesel

William Gibson: In 1981, it was pretty much every intelligent person’s assumption that on any given day the world could end horribly and pretty well permanently. There was this vast, all-consuming, taken-for-granted, even boring end-of-the-world anxiety that had been around since I was a little kid. So one of the things I wanted to do […]

liberating

by Rob Friesel

Just literally put two novels in the attic. And two more into the trash. I’ve been talking with a friend of mine about the recent William Gibson interview in The Paris Review. Somehow that inspired us to discuss all the bad advice that’s out there for writers. All the methods and attitudes that contradict each […]

dream.20111101: in the outfield

by Rob Friesel

Me and J. McD. are sitting in period 1980s lawn chairs, smack in the middle of center field of some Little League game. (H.’s Little League game?) We’re drinking whiskey on the rocks from these crystal tumblers and talking about how such-and-such NBA player on such and such a team is going to help take […]